Paper box



Patented Sept. 6, I898.

G. A. BISLER.

PAPER BOX.

[Application filed May 25, 1898.)

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No. 610,255. Patented Sept. 6, I898.

G. A. BISLER. PAPER BOX.

(Application filed May 25, 1898.

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PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,255, datedSeptember 6, 1898.

Application filed May 1898.

To a whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUSTAV A. BISLER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Paper Boxes, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a box of the order known as a paper box, havingits body provided with a tuck with which certain sides or ends of saidbody engage, said tuck being closed at top and bottom, so that saidsides or ends are adapted to be guarded against upward and downwarddisengagement from said tuck and the members of the body will beretained intact together, the means employed being simple, inexpensive,and easily operated.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a box embodying my invention.Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the box in partly madeuipcondition. Fig. 3 represents a section on line a; as, Fig. 1. Fig. 4-represents a section on line y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 represents a plan viewof the box in opened-out or flat condition. Fig. 6 represents aperspective view of a detached portion thereof, partly folded.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a box, the same being formed ofthe blank 13, which consists of a piece of suitable material cut,shaped, and creased to constitute the top 0, closing-flap D, back orback wall E, bottom F, front or front wall G, ends H, inner folds J,lips or tongues K, guards L, auxiliary flap M, and the fold N forsecuring said flap M to the fronts.

The parts of the box are assembled by turning the fold N against theflap M and gumming or otherwise securing the same thereto. (See Fig. 6.)Then said flap M is turned and folded upon the inner side of the front Gand the fold N is gummed or otherwise secured to the latter at the lowerend thereof. (See Fig. A and dotted lines of Fig. 2.) The parts M and Gnow form the tubular tuck P, which is closed at top and. bottom, andopen at both ends, but prevented from disconnection owing to theattachment of the fold N to said semi No. 681,713. (No model.)

parts. The back E and folds J. are now turned up and the ends H placedover said folds J, and the tongues K are in position to enter the tuckP, the guards L being also located as shown in Fig. 2. The tongues K arenow inserted into the ends of said tuck, when the body of the box isformed and its members are locked by the action of the tongues K andtuck P, the closed portions of the tuck preventing disengagement of saidtongues from the tuck in upward and downward directions. The body maynow be filled, after which the top or lid 0 is lowered and the flap Dinserted in the slit Q in the front, thus securing the lid and retainingthe box in closed condition, it being evident that the lid may bereadily opened, so that access may be had to the contents of the box,and, if desired, when the box is empty the tongues may be withdrawn fromthe tuck and the parts laid in flat condition, the tuck, however,remaining intact, so that the box can be again assembled or set up, asbefore stated.

The tuck, owing to the double wall formed by the same, also acts as areinforce for the front of the box, preventing the same from beingbroken down when the flap D is intro duced thereinto and which weight issuper imposed thereon.

Having thus described my invention, what i I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A paper box having a body provided with a tubular tuck,closed at topand bottom, and a tongue adapted to be inserted into an end thereof.

2. A paper box having a flap continuous of a wall of the body thereofand connected therewith, forming a tubular tuck open at the ends thereofand closed at top and bot tom, said tuck being adapted to receive lipson said body for holding the latter in closed condition.

3. Apaper box formed of the parts of a body as described, and anadditional flap and at taching fold continuous of a wall of the box,said flap being turned on said wall andse cured by said fold forming atubular tuck open at each end for the reception of lockingtongues onsaid body for holding the latter in closed condition.

4.. A paper box having a body provided with a double Wall forming atubular tuck, and tongues adapted to enter said tuck at each end forholding the members of said body in closed condition.

5. A paper boX having a body formed of a back, a bottom, ends, tongueson said ends,

and a tubular tuck in front, said tuck being open at its opposite endsand said tongues being adapted to enter said ends and thereby hold saidbody in closed condition.

' 6. A paper box comprising sides, ends, bottom, tuck and lid formed ofone piece of GUSTAV A. BISLER.

Witnesses:

BENJAMIN F. LANCASTER, EDWARD BLOESINGER.

